Steve Washburn
Born (1975-04-10) April 10, 1975
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Florida Panthers
Vancouver Canucks
Philadelphia Flyers
NHL Draft 78th overall, 1993
Florida Panthers
Playing career 19952008

Steven Robert Washburn (born April 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played parts of six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1995 and 2001 for the Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers.

Playing career

From 1990-91 Washburn played in the Central Junior Hockey League with the Gloucester Rangers. The team made it to the Provincials and won the silver medal. Washburn received the "best forward" award.

Washburn played in the Ontario Hockey League with the Ottawa 67's from 1991 to 1995. He was a star player throughout his Junior A hockey career with the Ottawa 67's. In his final year with the 67's [1994-95] he had accumulated 106 points in 63 games [43 goals/63 assists].

In 1992 he played for Team Ontario in the World Hockey Challenge '92. They won the gold medal and were awarded "The Ontario Team of the Year for 1992". By invitation, he tried out for the under 17 National Team which took place in Red Deer, Alberta.

Washburn was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, in the 3rd round, selected 78th overall. He played his first NHL game with the Panthers during the 1995-96 NHL season, recording an assist. He played just that one regular season game plus a playoff game where he recorded another assist. That season, the Panthers lost to the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup finals.

The following season Washburn played 18 games getting nine points with the Panthers. He played 58 games with the Panthers in the 1997-98 season getting 19 points. Unfortunately, after recovering from two groin injuries, Washburn, in his first game back, was slashed and was again out with a broken finger. Washburn played four games with the Panthers in the 1998-99 season before being put on waivers wherein on February 18, 1999, the Vancouver Canucks picked him up.

He played eight games with the Canucks in the 1998-99 season. August 10, 1999, Washburn was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators and on November 16, 1999, Nashville traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations.

July 26, 2000, he signed as a free agent by the EHC Kloten Flyers of the Swiss League. After 3 months of playing with EHC Kloten, Washburn was contacted by the Philadelphia Flyers who then purchased his contract from EHC Kloten. He was signed as a free agent by the Flyers on November 21, 2000. He had to wait for a month for an NHL rule to be changed before he could play. He played four games in two seasons for the Philadelphia Flyers.

After the 2000-01 season, he went back to Europe to play in the German hockey league, the Danish Hockey League and the Austrian League. When Graz EC did not make the playoffs (2007–08), Washburn went to play for SC Bietigheim-Bissingen for the remainder of their season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 Gloucester Rangers CJHL 5621305147
1991–92 Ottawa 67's OHL 595172210 112354
1992–93 Ottawa 67's OHL 6620385854
1993–94 Ottawa 67's OHL 6530508088 177162310
1994–95 Ottawa 67's OHL 63436310672
1994–95 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 63140 91344
1995–96 Carolina Monarchs AHL 7829548345
1995–96 Florida Panthers NHL 10110 10110
1996–97 Carolina Monarchs AHL 6023406366
1996–97 Florida Panthers NHL 183694
1997–98 Florida Panthers NHL 581181932
1997–98 Beast of New Haven AHL 63584 320215
1998–99 Beast of New Haven AHL 104376
1998–99 Florida Panthers NHL 40004
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80002
1998–99 Syracuse Crunch AHL 131676
1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 1204416
1999–00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 6119527193 50228
1999–00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10000
2000–01 Kloten Flyers NLA 806616
2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 4612162852 20002
2000–01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 30000
2001–02 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 387142159
2002–03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 5112183040
2003–04 Hamburg Freezers DEL 484111571 1111239
2004–05 Klagenfurt AC AUT 4812273971 123121516
2005–06 Graz 99ers AUT 2210132326
2006–07 Graz 99ers AUT 5593039102
2007–08 Graz 99ers AUT 407162350
2007–08 SC Bietigheim-Bissingen GER-2 12 13416 40114
NHL Totals 9314152942 10110
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